[theme-reviewers] Newbie theme reviewer question - Browser compatability

[Emil Uzelac]

There should be a guideline about this. Latest browsers need to be
supported.

I personally don't like or use IE, but that doesn't mean that I can
"dictate" the
browser usage.

If this was IE7, IE8, fine, no problem, heck let's say even IE9, but to say
IE9+

Just my 2¢ that's all :)

Emil



On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I have no problem with it. A properly developed and designed Theme should
> have minimal IE issues anymore, anyway.
>
> I don't "support" IE with my Theme, either. I can't; I use Linux, and thus
> have no way of even *running* IE.
>
> Doing something that actively *excludes* IE (or any other browser) would
> certainly not be acceptable; but developing a standards-compliant Theme,
> and opting not to jump through hoops for IE? Meh; doesn't bother me all
> that much.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Flatly not supporting one of the most commonly found browsers (not
>> necessarily used but it does come with Windows) is not a very good idea;
>> and although we do not have any specific guidelines in place I think if a
>> Theme Author is going that route something that significant should be in
>> the Theme description.
>>
>> As it is, you would be better served by asking the Theme author to
>> explain that statement before making any assumptions. As noted, it may only
>> be that they are supporting current versions of IE and simply left off the
>> version number in their readme file.
>>
>> Myself, for general distribution themes, I only support current (or one
>> version back at the most) browsers. I don't state the actual version only
>> making reference to the browser being current. Of course, client work is
>> generally different but those "rules" do not necessarily apply here.
>>
>> Edward Caissie
>> aka Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:12 PM, John Heimkes IV <john at heimk.es> wrote:
>>
>>> That's a great question, actually. I'd like to know what the general
>>> consensus is on this matter. Don't worry about being fussy. I've been doing
>>> front-end for many years. So, I totally get it.
>>>
>>> My personal opinion is if they're not going to support certain browsers
>>> (aka, the browsers most of us web developers have to support on a daily
>>> basis), the author *should* make it known up front - especially in the
>>> CSS file for good documentation purposes. Some sort of clarification from
>>> the author would be nice in this case. Maybe they're just not supporting
>>> older versions of IE and it looks fine in IE10, and maybe even IE9.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I hope someone else has a better answer!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John Heimkes IV
>>>
>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since IE has at least 30% browser share, I think theme has to support it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Alex Watson <alex at alexwatson.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>
>>>> So I'm reviewing my first theme, and a few mins into it I find this in
>>>> the readme.txt:
>>>>
>>>> * NOT SUPPORTED on Internet Explore *
>>>>
>>>> Is that okay? Are themes allowed to be built and not work in IE at all?
>>>> It's probably the fussy web developer side of me coming out here, as
>>>> everything I do has to work in IE8+ :) I've not got so far as to have
>>>> tested it in IE yet, but are we even required to do cross browser testing?
>>>> I think we should, but I can't see that in the review guidelines anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, please let me know if I'm just being too fussy here! (and sorry
>>>> if this has been asked before but I just joined this mailing list a couple
>>>> of days ago)
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
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